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G. H. DODGE. MACHINE FOR SPOOLING YARN, a

Patented May 8 THE NORMS PETERS c0v Pucvo-umu. wAsnmumN. ov c.

GEO. H. DODGE, OFYATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS. FOR SPOOLING YARN.

--Specification,of Letters Patent No, 6,435, dated May 8, 1849.

To all ,whom it may concern Be ithknown that I, GEORGEH. DODGE, of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and-State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Machinery for Spooling Yarn or Unwinding and Removing It from a Cop and finding It on a Sp0ol;,and ,I do hereby declare that the same is fully described and represented in the following specification and accompanying drawings, letters, figures and references thereof.

Of thesaid drawingsFigure 1 denotes .a front side elevation of a portion of a spooling frame, suflicient to exhibit two cop spindles,- and two spoolsv disposedwith respect to each other in the usual manner and having my improvements applied to them, one of thespindles and its spool and friction fetter, being represented in the positions they assume during the operation of spooling the yarn or winding it on the spool while theotherspindle is shown in a horizontalposition, and its friction fetter .as turned up above its yarn guide, as will be hereinafter more particularly described. Fig. 2 is what may be termedan end elevation of the aforesaid contrivances or one taken at right angles to that first mentioned. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the spindle friction fetter and spool, taken transversely of the spooling machine.

Myimprovements are applied to every spindle of the spooling frame, therefore it becomes necessary that I should only describe them in their application to one of the spindles thereof.

In the said drawings a and 6 represent two cop spindles supported by a horizontal rail or bar A. Each should be hinged or jointed to the rail A in such manner as to permit it to be turned downward from a vertical position into one sufliciently inclined to enable a person to readily place a cop on it, without any interference or contact with the guide rail B, abovethe lower part of which and nearly against which the upper part or nose of the spindle when said spindle is in a vertical position, is carried or placed as exhibited in the drawings. The lower part or joint of the spindle is formed with a small projection 0 against whicha spring (Z, arranged as seen in the drawings, is made to bear and to preserve the spindle in an upright or vertical position, when it is so arranged. I do not however confine my invention to. theaforedescribed mode of applying I the splndle, to the supporting rail, as I have contemplated another which may. be adopted and which willalso attain, the end I desire.

For instancelthe spindle may be attached to a small .slide plate, so affixed to the sup :porting rail as to be capable of being drawn outward, and forced inward as occasion may require its out-ward movement being suflicient' to carry the spindle, far enough away from theguide rail, as to enable a person toeasily place a cop onsaid spindle without abstraction from the guide rail. I ,would here and now take occasion to remark that in order to accomplish this object, viz.. the

supplying the spindle with a cop, it has been customary toplace the point or upper end of the spindle so far below the guide rail as would admit of the cop. being placed on the spindle, and for this purpose itwill readily be seen that such an arrangement rendered it necessary that the point or upper end of the spindle should be disposed at a distance from the guide rail about equal to the length of the cop. It being necessary that the axis of the spindle shall be in a vertical line passing'through the center of the guide ring or eye (Z (in order that the yarn may be drawn off it without abstraction or danger. of coiling onthe spindle) it will be seen that when aspindle is made stationary or immovable in. position, the only method of arranging itso that a cop can be placed on it is to carry its point to a distance below the guide rail about equal to the length of the cop to be placed on it. Such a disposition of the nose or upper end of the spindle with respect to the guide rail is attendant with a serious difliculty which it is the purpose of my improvement to avoid. This difficulty consists in the kinking of the yarn while being drawn off the cop, and it arises from the great length of it, usually extend ing from the cop to the guide d. By placing the nose or point of the spindle close or very nearly up to the guide d and applying the spindle to its supporting rail so that it may be either turned into an inclined position, or be moved outward at a suflicient distance from the guide rail, the danger of kinking of the yarn is greatly lessened if not entirely obviated.

The spools of the spindles a, and b, are represented at f, and g, the yarn of each cop h, being shown at i, as passing from the cop, and being carried through the guide or eye which projects from and is hinged to the guide rail B, and is made and arranged in such manner as to permit the friction fetter to be brought down into a horizontal position directly in front of the ring or guide (Z and so that the axis of the fetter may be in a horizontal plane or about in a horizontal plane wit-h the guide cl. The arm 0 is also made so that the friction fetter when the arm is turned upward shall be carried high enough above the yarn guide cl, or far enough out of the way of it, to enable a person to readily and conveniently obtain such access to the guide asmay be suflicient to admit of the yarn being passed through it, whenever a fresh cop is put on the spindle or the yarn is accidentally broken.

The common mode of arranging the fetter is to place itentirely above the guide d and far enough to permit the operation above alluded to, to be easily and quickly performed. Such a disposition of the fetter, causes the yarn to touch or rest against its outer surface a very short distance in proportion to the distance of bearing which it has when the fetter is disposed in front of the guide and partially below it, and supported by an arm hinged to the guide rail, as above specified, consequently my improvement in arranging and applying the fetter enables me to obtain more friction on the yarn in its passage across the curved surface of the fetter, and thereby not only prevents it from .kinking between the fetter and spool, but causes it to be more tightly wound on the spool, than it is when the fetter is made and arranged in the usual way heretofore practiced.

Instead of applying the friction fetter to an arm hinged to the guide rail as specified, it may be applied to a slide so applied to said arm as to enable the fetter to be raised above the guide to such extent as may be suflicient to enable a person to get convenient and proper access to the guide in order to pass a thread through it. I mention such a mode of applying the fetter to the rail, as one which I have contemplated, and which may be substituted for the hinged arm as before described.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The arrangement or arranging of the point or nose of the spindle within a short distance (say about one inch. or a half inch or nearer if possible) from the yarn guide which is directly over it and (that is in combination with) so applying the spindle to its supporting rail by means of a hinge slide or other equivalent that it either be inclined or turned down out of a vertical position or be moved or slid outward to such extent asto permit a cop to be placed on it without interference with either the guide rail or the yarn guide.

2. I also claim the arrangement of the friction fetter with respect to the yarn guide in combination with then so supporting it on the guide rail, by such a contrivance, viz, a hinged arm or slide or its equivalent as will admit of said fetter being moved away from the guide sufliciently for the purpose hereinbefore stated the said arrangement of the fetter with respect to the guide consisting in placing it directly in front of and partially below the guide as above described, and as exhibited in the drawings.

I11 testimony whereof I have hereto set my signature this eleventh day of December A. D, 1848.

GEORGE H. DODGE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. GOULD. 

